Toaster construction



June 18, 1935. v P. o. DERRINGER 2,005,364

TOASTER CONSTRUCTION Filed March 2, 1933 fi e-m 0, jam" I 05 Patented June 18, 1935 2,005,364

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOASTER CONSTRUCTION Percy 0. Derringer, Belleville, Ill., assignor to Knapp-Monarch Company, Belleville, 111., a corporation of Missouri Application March 2, .1933, Serial No. 659,364

' 11 Claims. (01. 219-19) The object of my inv is o provide a line 55 of Figure 2 showing a grid wire being toaster construction which is simple, durable and assembled. comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. n the accompanying drawing, I have used A further Object is Provide a toaster the reference numeral [0 to indicate generally a 5 struction in which novel insulating supports are bas and 12 a. a ing, which when assembled to- 5 d d f r supp ti th r sista or h atin gether constitute a. frame of a toaster. The. parts element relative to the metal frame of the i0 and 12 are held assembled relative to each toaster. other by bendable ears l4 extending downwardly Still a further object is to provide heating elefrom the casing l2 and through openings in the i0 ment supports which can be asily assembled base to. A terminal cover plate It is also held relative to a toaster or other electric appliance i position by the ears l4. frame by pushin th supp r s hr h Openings Within the casing 12 I provide a heating elein the frame, a nove me ns being Provided ment l8 having its ends connected with termiretain them therein against undesired movement nals 20. A supply cord 22 extends into the base lo' after once being assembled. l0 and is connected with the terminals 20. The 15 M parti u arly, it s my bj t o p v de a heating element l8 intermediate its ends-is supheating l m n pp wh h can be thrust ported by heating element supporting members A. through an p n f a f m or other pp Each member A is formed of insulating material, and has a head on one side of the fr m an lu such as Lavite or the like and is adapted to exmeans on the other side coacting with lug means tend through an opening 24 in the ba e lo or a 20 on the frame to retain the heating element supimilar opening 24 in a frame member 26. port in position after it is once assembled. To prevent too far an extension of the member Still a further object is to provide a toaster A thr h th opening 24, th member is proeon tru tion h vin a n v l d wir r ne vided with projections 28 which may be termed 25 ment and a novel means for supporting the grid a "h d for th b h opening 24 as 26 wire relative to the frame of the toaster so that how best in Figure 4, is rectangular and so is the parts f t ar u d r s n and s that i a cross section of the member A. This prevents any b u d as a spring for coacilion with bread undesired turning of the member relative to the supports. opening through which it extends. I do not wish, 30 Still a further object is to provide 0am p rti s however, to confine myself to the particular shape o e id wires a d to anchor the wires n slots illustrated as any other-than-round shape would so that they can. move in one plane to secure the accomplish the ame result, action desired for resiliently tending to retain Each m mber A i provided with a, notch 30 the bread pp in their bread upp for the heating element I8 to extend through. positions. The heating element can be under tension so. 35

Wit he a other Objects in View y n as to keep the heads 28 against the base l0 and tion consists in the construction, arrangement the frame member 26, but to insure that they nd combination of th v u p rts f my d are so kept in position, especially when the heatvice, whereby the objects contemplated are ating element expands by being energized with mined as hereinafter more fully set forth, Po ted electricity, I provide the following structural deout in my claims, and illustrated in the accomtails. panying drawing, in which: Each member A is provided with a tapered lug Figure 1 is aside elevation of a toaster con- 32 terminating in a. shoulder 34. Each opening struction embodying my invention showing a por- 24 is enlarged as indicated at 25 (see Figure 4) -ion of one of the doors or bread supports removed and between these enlargements, a lug or tongue 45 therefrom. 36 is provided.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the During assembly, 'as shown in Figure 3, the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the heating element member A may be pushed upwardly, as indicated supports, the grid wires, the frame and thebread by the arrow (1, until the head 28 engages the supports in their relation to each other. base In, or the frame member 26, as the case Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the may be. The tongue 36 is then pressed downline 3-3 of Figure 2 showing a heating element wardly, as indicated by the arrow b, so that it supporting member being inserted. will spring under the shoulder 34 and assume Figure 4 is a plan view of Figure 3; and the position illustrated in Figure 2 In this po- Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the sition it tends to force the member A in the B substantially U-shaped in formation. Their specific shape is shownin Figure 2 and each consists of a cross bar 38 forming a pivotal portion, the cross bar having a depressed portion 40 and in addition to the cross bar, the grid wire B has a pair of arms 42. Each arm is provided with a cam portion 44.

The frame member 26 is provided with a notch 46 for each grid wire B. The general axis of the notch is at an angle relative to the assembled vertical position of the grid wire. During assembly the grid wire is inserted as shown by dotted lines in Figure 5 and thereafter it is swung to the dotted line assembled position, causing the portions 35 to act as pivot portions in the apex of the notch 46 and the depressed portion 40 to engage a lip 48 formedof a web 50 'of the frame member 25. By referring to Figure 2 it will be noted that the frame member is generally channel shaped in cross section so that there are two pivot points for the cross bar 38 and the lip 48 forms a single contact point for the depressed portion 40.

The arms 42 engage the sides of the lip 48, as shown in Figure 2, thus tending to keep the arms spread as the left one is illustrated, the right one being so illustrated in dotted lines. The lower terminal ends of the arms 42 extend through slots 52 of the base l0 and are thus subject to lateral movement, their original shape and the lip 48 being such-as to constrain them toward the outer endsof the slots.

Doors or bread supports 54 are provided with ears 5 extending through perforations 55 in the casing l2 whereby the,bread supports are hingedly connected to the toaster frame. The supports 54 have supporting flanges $0 for a slice of bread 62 shown by dotted lines in Figure 2.

The flanges 60 engage the cam portions 44 of the grid wires B, notches 64 being provided in the flanges for the grid wires.

Due to the angle of the cam portion 44 relative to the flange $0 and the resilient tendency for the grid wire to spring outwardly, all in relation to the hinge at -58, after the breadsupport is swung to a position nearly closed the cam portion 44 will tend-to swing the flange downwardly and thus retain the bread support in its bread supporting position. Thus the grid wires serve also the purpose of keeping the bread supports in such position.

The members A and B can be made in various shapes and other changes may be made without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, audit is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a toaster construction, a frame having an opening therein, a heating element supporting member extending through ,said opening, said heating element supporting member having a head on one side of said frame and having means on the other side thereof to coact with a heating element, a heating element coacting therewith and supported thereby, a tapered shoulder on said member and a resilient lug on said fr me at the edge of said opening to snap past said shoulder and thereby retain said member in said opening.

2. In a toaster construction, a frame having an opening therein, a heating element supporting member extending through said opening, said heating element'supporting member having a head on one side of said frame and having means on the other side thereof to coact with a heating element, a heating element coacting therewith and supported thereby and means comprising a resilient lug on said frame at the edge of said opening and a shoulder on said member to snap past said lug to retain said member in said opening.

3. In a toaster construction, a frame having an opening therein, a heating element supporting member extending through said opening, said heating element supporting member having a head on one side of said frame and having means on the other side thereof to coact with a heating element, a heating element coacting therewith and supported thereby and means comprising a lug on said frame at the'edge of said opening and a tapered projection on said member to coact with said lug to retain said member in said opening.

4. In a toaster construction, a frame having an opening therein, a heating element supporting member extending through said opening having a head on one side of said frame and a means on the other side of said frame to engage a heating element and means comprising a lug on said frame at the edge of said opening and a tapered projection on said member to coact with said lug to retain said member in said opening.

5. In a device of the class described, a support having an opening therein, a headed heating element supporting member of a cross sectional shape permitting extension of said member through such opening with the exception of the head thereof, a heating element coacting with the portion of said member on the side of said support opposite said head and means to retain said member in position against retraction relative to said support comprising an abutment on the portion of said member extended through said opening and a lug on said support which isbendable to permit said abutment to pass by it during extension of the member through said opening and engageable with said abutment to prevent retraction of said head from said support in the mounted position of said member.

6. In a toaster construction, a frame and grid wires supported relative thereto, said grid wires each having a curved cross bar, said frame having for each grid wire a notch to receive said cross bar when said grid wires are at 'an' angle relative to assembled position; said frame also having a pair 'of portions to engage spaced points of each cross bar and having an intermediate portion to engage the curved part of each cross bar when said grid wires are swung to assembled positionysaid curved parts being placed under stress by said last portions when said grid wires are in assembled position.

7. In a toaster construction a channel shapedframe and a grid wire supported relative thereto, said grid wire having a lateral member extending through and pivotally coacting withthe flanges of said frame, a portion of said lateral member being bent out of alinement with the pivotal axis thereof and engaging the web 'of said frame under stress when said grid wire is pivoted about said lateralmember to assembled .bread supports pivotally mounted and having position relative to said frame.

8. In a toaster construction, a channel shaped frame and a grid wire supported relative thereto, said grid wire being U-shaped and thereby having arms and a lateral member constituting a connecting member, the intermediate portion of said lateral member being other than straight, said frame having a notch to receive said lateral member when said grid wire is inserted while being held at an angle relative to assembled position and having a web to engage the intermediate portion of said lateral member when said grid wire is swung to assembled position, said frame having openings to receive the free ends of said arms to thereby anchor them.

9. In a toaster construction, a frame and a grid wire supported relative thereto, said grid wire being U-shaped and thereby having arms and a lateral member constituting a connecting member, said frame having a notch to receive said lateral member when said grid wire is in-'- serted while being held at an angle relative to assembled position and having a portion to engage the intermediate portion of said lateral member when said grid wire is swung to assembled position, said frame having slots to receive the free ends of said arms, said arms being movable longitudinally of-said slots and confined by them against movement laterally thereof and portions spaced from their pivotal axes and engageable with said arms to move them in said slots and thereby retain said bread supports in desired positions.

10. In a toaster construction, a frame and a grid wire supported relative thereto, said grid wire being U-shaped, the central portion thereof being anchored to said frame, said frame having slots to receive the free ends of the arms of said grid wire extending from the central portion thereof, said arms being movable in said slots, said grid wire having a cam portion and a hinged bread support having an edge spaced from its hinge axis and slidable along said cam portion during swinging movement of the bread support to retain it in bread supporting position.

11. In a toaster construction, a frame, a grid wire having a portion anchored thereto, said frame having a slot, another portion of said grid wire being received therein and constrained to engage one end of said slot and a bread support hinged to said frame and having a portion spaced from the hinge axis thereof and engaging said grid wire to swing it toward the other end of said slot, said grid wire, in moving toward the first mentioned end of said slot, exerting a turning moment on said bread support to swing it toward bread supporting position.

PERCY 0. DERRINGER. 

